Fender tool



Jan. 18, 1938. LORENZO 2,106,121

FENDER TOOL Filed Jan. 6, 1957 7719/21? lOf/YZO ATTORNEYS 1 UNIT so Patented Jan. 18, 1938 Frank Lorenzo,

Application Janua'ry 6, 3 Claims.

This'inventio'n relates to fender tools, and its general object is to provide a tool that is primarily designed and capable for use in forming, straightening or reforming the rolled or beaded edges of fenders and the like of motor vehicles, in an easy and expeditious manner, with minimum effort on the part of the user.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fender tool of the character set forth, by which excellent results can be obtained in that it is capable of bending cold metal with relative ease, and is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efficient in operation, use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool which forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the tool in open position and inverted with respect to the position thereof, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the tool in closed position.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that my tool is in the form of pliers in that it includes a pair of cooperating companion members each including a handle and the handles are indicated respectively by the reference numerals I and 2. Formed on the handles are jaw members 3 and 4 disposed in face to face relation and the jaw members from the handles and 2 are reduced on the confronting sides thereof, so that the handles are arranged substantially in the same plane as best shown in Figure 3.

The jaw member 3 extends at an inclined angle from the handle I and is thence curved to provide an arcuate portion 5 which has formed therewith an inturned hook portion 6, the latter terminating in an enlarged head 1 extending toward the arcuate portion and inwardly of the longitudinal axis of the handle I, as will be noted upon inspection of Figure 2. The head 1 is rounded as at 8 for a purpose which will be presently apparent.

FENDER TOOL" Rochester, N..Y.

1937',"Serial No. 119,346

(Cl.. 81- 1 5)f v p The jaw member 4 includes a relatively' wide body portion 9 and outwardly beyond the body portion the jaw member is reduced and terminates in an ear in having an opening therein for registering with an opening in the arcuate portion 5 disposed adjacent the juncture thereof with the hook portion 6, and the openings receive a headed pin II for pivotally securing the companion members together.

The jaw member 4 is provided with an arcuate slot l2 arranged in the body portion 9 thereof and extending laterally from the confronting face of the jaw member 3, as well as fixed to the latter is a headed pin l3 that is mounted in the slot I 2 for guiding the jaw members in their movement, as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 2.

The jaw member 4 likewise includes a channeled portion [4 arranged thereon in a manner whereby the channel is disposed in the path of the rounded end of the head I for cooperation therewith, and the channeled portion extends laterally beyond the opposite sides of the jaw member 4 to provide ample seating surface for the head, as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 3.

The handle member I may have formed therewith a boss l5 for use as a hammer head, and the jaw members and the handles may be reduced as at l6 and I! respectively, to lighten the weight of the tool, if desired. However, it will be obvious that in the use of my tool it is arranged with respect to a fender or the like in a manner whereby the edge of the fender will be disposed between the head 1 and the channeled portion l4. Movement of the handles l and 2 toward each other will cause the head and channeled portion to grip the metal of the fender and shape the same in rolled formation, thereby producing finished work which is perfect in every detail.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: j

1. A fender tool in the form of pliers, comprising a pair of companion members including handles, a jaw member for each handle and formed thereon, a hooked portion included in one of said jaw members, a rounded head formed on the an inclined angle, an arouate portion formed on,

the inclined portion, a hooked portion formed on the arcuate portion and extending toward the arcuate portion, means for pivotally securing the jaw members together, a channeled portion formed on the other jaw member and having its channel disposed in the path ofthe rounded head for cooperation therewith, and means for 20 slidably connecting the jaw members inwardly of the pivot therefor. I

3. A fender tool in the form of pliers, comprising a pair of companion members including handles, a jaw member for each handle, one of said jaw members extending from its handle at an inclined angle, an arcuate portion formed on the inclined portion, a hooked portion formed on the arcuate portion and terminating in a rounded head directed toward the arcuate portion, a relatively wide body portion for the other jaw member and having a slot therein, an outwardly directed ear formed on the body portion and pivotally secured to the arcuate portion for connecting the jaw members together, a headed pin extending from the arouate portion and mounted in the slot for slidably connecting the jaw members together inwardly of the pivot therefor, and a channeled portion formed on the body portion and having its channel arranged in the path of the rounded head for cooperation therewith.

FRANK LORENZO. 

